Simrohn Iftekhar Mr. Demmers 9A Summer Reading Assignment (The Pearl by John Steinbeck) I. Examine Steinbeck’s use of imagery. Writers carefully choose their words in order to convey vivid images to the reader. Re-read the first three paragraphs of the novel (pp.1-2)* and answer the following questions: 1. What visual image does Steinbeck create? He creates an image of very early morning when the stars are out and the sky is still dark. He paints the setting of a small and quaint house on the
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Power is the source of evil‚ and is used in multiple scenarios. In the books The Pearl and Animal Farm a common theme is shared; power corrupts people’s minds. In the stories they show characters minds being corrupted by power. In this essay I will show you how Kino and the doctor from The Pearl and Napoleon from Animal Farm gets corrupt. First of all‚ Animal Farm is about a farm run by animals. Snowball was the lead animal. But another animal‚ a pig name Napoleon wanted that power. So
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The role of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter This essay will be analysing the significance of the selected passage as well as emphasizing how this passage helps give the reader a more vivid insight to the lives of the protagonists of the Scarlet Letter as well as developing the plot further. The passage‚ taken from Chapter 16‚ “A Forest Walk‚” is illustrative of the role Pearl plays in the text. It is also an insight on the significance of the scarlet letter as a symbol. Pearl is aware of things that
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the debate pitting sculpture against painting and reaching into the debate comparing poetry and painting. When examining the painting‚ film‚ and the novel with the name Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ we must look to the paragone of ekphrasis in it’s different forms. Taking inspiration from Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier’s novel and Peter Webber’s film follow a very similar story line. However‚ as the film and the book use different mediums‚ each implements different forms
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Pearl Harbor Battle Analysis On a pleasant and beautiful Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1984‚ Japan implemented a surprise attack on the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu‚ Hawaii which gave United States a door to enter into World War II. Even though Japan did not follow through with the attack causing the third wave of bombers to break contact from dropping bombs to finish off the rest of the fleet docking in Pearl Harbor‚ it was a well prepared‚ and carefully orchestrated attack on
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short story The Pearl‚ Kino and his family are taken through a course of fortune‚ misfortune‚ and sadness. As events take place in the story the readers and kino learn that many things are too good to be true. The best examples of this are through the pearl‚ the mountains‚ and the evil doctor. In this essay i will show how the pearl is false hope‚ how the mountains are salvation and death‚ and how the doctor is evil yet doctors are supposed to be good people. When Kino finds the pearl‚ Kino is in a
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Kino’s dreams through the pearl Kino‚ as a hard-working poor man that he was‚ was astonished by the pearl he found in the sea. It was very opportune since the money he was going to obtain would serve for curing his child‚ but mostly‚ because this wasn’t like any other pearl‚ but the pearl of the world‚ he assumed he would get an extremely good quantity of money. And as any other human being‚ he thought of the possibilities that the existence of the pearl was giving to his family; all dreams
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are many actions that took effect in The Pearl that can relate to actions that are currently in effect today. The statement “Literature is meant to serve as a magnifying glass allowing all to see what is wrong with the world” proves and serves as a true statement in The Pearl. The statement being presented can relate to The Pearl for many reasons such as greed‚ racism‚ and dehumanization. Greed is presented and can relate for reasons such as Kino and the pearl. Racism is presented and relates because
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In A Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Pearl just as much a symbol as she is a character. She represents the price of sin and the possibility for redemption. Hester names her daughter Pearl‚ “as being a great price- purchased with all she had- her mother’s only treasure!” (Hawthorne 6). Hester loves pearl unconditionally because pearl had to suffer so much to get her‚ not just in childbirth‚ but also because she is an outcast. Pearl is not like all the other kids and she seems to always get
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John Steinbeck wrote the novel The Pearl based on his own personal experiences. John Steinbeck also completed many other novels. John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath prior to writing The Pearl. The Grapes of Wrath was an achievement for Steinbeck for he won many achievements for his writing. He won the annual National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and was also rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1962 for this novel. ("Wikipedia") John Steinbeck wrote The Pearl in 1947 while he was at the top of
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